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Delegates will gain insights into the importance of a safe working environment from the office to the construction site and will hear about how to engage the workforce with behavioural safety. MWB Meeting Rooms, London, 7 March 2012.

Businesses will be able to search the database for consultants according to keyword(s), county, industry or topic, free of charge. OSHCR meets several of the aspirations for improved competence in external health and safety advice, outlined in the ...

Two construction companies have been fined a total of £65,000 after a man was killed when a steel beam weighing more than a tonne fell on him while it was being unloaded from a lorry.

A building company in Bradford-on-Avon has been fined after it removed an asbestos insulation board (AIB) ceiling in an unsafe manner, leaving workers and residents at risk of exposure to asbestos fibres.

This study explores the safety, reliability and evidence for the force limits defined by the draft TS 15066, and of the methods for testing them. It also addressed whether the proposed approach in the draft TS 15066 is likely to adequately protect ...

Job vacancy details are now available for the post within the Office for Nuclear Regulation, based in Bootle, Merseyside – as Chief Operating Officer. The closing date for all applications is Friday 17 February 2012

HSE has put together some ‘before-and-after’ interactive case studies to help you think and talk about vehicle safety in the workplace. They are all based on events that our inspectors have reported.

Two workers fell eight metres from a temporary structure that collapsed while they were upon it, Cheltenham Magistrates Court heard.

An air conditioning manufacturer has been fined after a man’s fingertip was cut off by a circular saw at the company’s factory in Stoke-on-Trent.

This hard-hitting video illustrates the tragic cost in human terms of construction accidents and ill-health.

Q4 2011 Site Stakeholder Group reports for BAE Systems Marine Limited Barrow-in-Furness and Rolls-Royce Marine Power Operations Ltd, Derby are now available online.

The British Occupational Hygiene Society is hosting an International Conference on Working Safely with Nanomaterials. The day will include discussions in issues relating to working safely with nanomaterials and case studies from those currently ...

A statement on incidents at nuclear installations in Britain, which meet Ministerial Reporting Criteria (MRC), is provided to the Secretary of State for the Department of Energy and Climate Change and the Secretary of State for Scotland, and is ...

This page provides answers to some of your frequently asked questions about working at height.

An international fencing manufacturer has been fined after a worker suffered severe injuries to his left arm at a production plant in Sheffield.